péritonéal
\pe.ʁi.tɔ.ne.al\
The verdict
“péritonéal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au péritoine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peritoneal · péritonéal · French
péritonéal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péritonéal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.tɔ.ne.al\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
péritonéal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.ʁi.tɔ.ne.al\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au péritoine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for péritonéal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is péritonéal, spelled P-É-R-I-T-O-N-É-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif au péritoine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péritonéal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'abdomen est très ample, d'aspect batracien. Il n'y a pas d’hernie ombilicale. La cavité péritonéale ne contient aucun épanchement.
En présence d'un envahissement du Douglas plus ou moins étendu à la face antérieure du rectum, une pelvectomie postérieure extra-péritonéale répond aux exigences oncologiques […].
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.